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 Jimmy
Eat World Finish New CD |
punkbands reports: Jimmy Eat World have finished
their new album: "I can't wait to show you guys what we have been doing
for the last year. We have learned a lot making this album and hopefully,
we will not take so long between records again." [no release date mentioned]-
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| Talking
Chaos |
PR reports: "Talking Metal's" coverage of
the 2007 edition of VH1's Rock Honors concludes with a Casey Chaos special.
In this episode, hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy caught up with Chaos
at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV. Topics include Amen, Scum, Queens of
the Stone Age, The Damned, Henry Rollins, Black Metal, and Anna Nicole
Smith. The 30-minute podcast can be downloaded at the full story link.-
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| Get
Parsons in the Country Hall |
PR reports: Gram Parsons was among the first,
if not the first, musician to bridge the gap between country and rock,
inspiring the country-rock, calling it Cosmic American Music, movement
that influenced pivotal bands like The Band, The Byrds, and The Rolling
Stones. Gram's music continues to have a global influence many musicians
of today including: Norah Jones, Elvis Costello, Wilco, Neko Case, Son
Volt, My Morning Jacket, Kings of Leon, The Thrills and Lucinda Williams
(among countless others). An integral part of the first ever country-rock
album, Sweetheart of the Rodeo by The Byrds, one cannot deny the influence
he has had on country music. To deny his induction in the Country Hall
of Fame would be to deny country-rock as a subgenre of country. This would
cut out bands like Johnny Cash (1980), Willie Nelson (1998), and even "The
King of Rock and Roll" himself, Elvis Presley (1998). The Hall of Fame
states, "Country music changes daily, but it always remains, as Willie
Nelson said, a place where "people tell their life stories." Gram definitely
told his.
Gram Parsons is even mentioned on the Country
Music Hall of Fame's website in the History of Country Music section. They
should do the right thing and induct him. Now is your chance to get him
the recognition he deserves! Go to the petition signature page below so
that he can finally be acknowledged for his significant contribution to
country music. His induction is long overdue, and YOU can make it a reality!
Sign the petition at the full story link. At press time there were only
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| Boost
Mobile RockCorps Rap Atlanta |
PR reports: Boost Mobile RockCorps (BMRC),
the national youth volunteerism movement that has motivated more than 19,000
young people to get involved and help their communities, today announced
that recording artists Busta Rhymes, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, Eve, Rich
Boy, Lil Wayne and host Nick Cannon are to perform at this year's concert
series with the second-annual BMRC concert in Atlanta. The concert will
reward 3,000 hard-working local youth who have volunteered four hours of
community service through BMRC to earn tickets to this ultra-exclusive
event.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Decapitated
Summer Tour Plans |
PR reports: Join Decapitated as they hit the
road with a dream lineup of the most extreme bands in the universe on the
Summer Slaughter Tour which kicks off THIS Friday, June 1 in Clifton Park,
NY.
Decapitated will also be headlining a few
Summer Slaughter Tour off-dates, as well as a number of Mexican shows in
mid-July.
Here is a full listing of dates: Summer
Slaughter Tour with NECROPHAGIST, CEPHALIC CARNAGE, CATTLE DECAPITATION,
THE FACELESS, AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK, ARSIS, ION DISSONANCE and BENEATH THE
MASSACRE
Jun 1 2007 Northern Lights Clifton Park,
New York
Jun 2 2007 Infest Asbury Park, New Jersey
Jun 3 2007 Jaxx Springfield, Virginia
Jun 4 2007 Ground Zero Spartanburg, South
Carolina
Jun 5 2007 Headliners Louisville, Kentucky
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| Double
Live Asia |
PR reports: Fantasia: Live In Tokyo by Asia
will be released by Eagle Records on June 26 as a two-CD set chronicling
a stunning concert of Progressive Rock from March '07 in Tokyo by the original
Asia lineup. This set, priced at $17.98, marks the very first time that
drummer Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), guitarist Steve Howe
(Yes), bassist/vocalist John Wetton (King Crimson/Roxy Music/Uriah Heep/Wishbone
Ash) and keyboardist Geoff Downes (The Buggles/Yes) have ever released
a live album as Asia. It also marks the first time these four have reunited
in over 20 years![see full story for tracklist]- Click
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| The
Klaxons Add Dates |
PR reports: The Klaxons Announce New Us Tour
Dates & Pitchdork Fest 2007
ROUND THREE
July 10 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
July 11 San Francisco, CA @ Great American
Music Hall
July 12 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
July 3 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
July 15 Chicago, IL @ The Pitchdork Music
Festival
July 16 Minneapolis, MN @ The Varsity
Theater
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| Live
Earth Tokyo |
PR reports: Live Earth Founder and Producer
Kevin Wall joined with Tatsu Kitagawa, the principal of Live Earth Japan
office, at a press conference today to announce the artist lineup and ticketing
information for Live Earth Japan. Wall announced that Japan is the only
country hosting two events as part of the 24-hour, 7-continent Live Earth
concert series to combat global warming. Makuhari Messe in Tokyo will host
a daylong official Live Earth concert. A special broadcast event will be
held at the To-ji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto later in the day.
Live Earth Tokyo will feature the following
acts live on stage: AI, Ai Otsuka, Ayaka, Cocco, Genki Rockets, Kumi Koda,
Rihanna, Linkin Park, Rize, And others to be announced at a later date.
The special Kyoto broadcast event will
feature the following acts live on stage: Michael Nyman, Rip Slyme, Yellow
Magic Orchestra, And others to be announced at a later date.[see full story
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| Madina
Lake Tour Plans |
PR reports: Trucking through the U.S. with
blazing conviction, pop-rock faction Madina Lake is enjoying the success
of their first headlining tour. Heading a lineup that includes like-minded
melodic rock kinsman Emanuel, Madina Lake has established their place in
the modern rock landscape. Having toured with acts such as The Red Jumpsuit
Apparatus, Cute Is What We Aim For and Paramore, the band was ready to
break out on their own. "Our headlining tour has been such a fantastic
surprise so far, the first 3 shows have sold out," bassist Matthew Leone
reflects. "We have the opportunity to chew into the record a little deeper
and we've discovered that our audience knows every word, even the more
obscure songs." The headlining tour will conclude June 22, after which
the band will be playing the Day on the Meadow Festival on July 3rd in
San Jose, California.
With no intentions of slowing down, Madina
Lake will also be taking on a supporting slot on this year's Projekt Revolution
Tour. The Projekt Revolution Tour is the brainchild of Linkin Park, and
will be launching its fourth year in existence. This year's tour will feature
main stage acts such as Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday,
HIM, and Placebo. Madina Lake will be playing the Revolution Stage alongside
diverse acts such as Mindless Self Indulgence, Saosin, The Bled and Styles
of Beyond.[see full story for tour dates]- Click
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| Burning
Brides Line Up Free Shows in LA |
PR reports: To celebrate the June 19 release
of their new album "Hang Love," The Burning Brides will bring their scorching,
post-grunge-groove-metal/rock to Los Angeles for a series of free shows
every Monday night in June at The Echo. For this entire June residency,
the Brides - Dimitri Coats (guitars, vocals), Melanie Coats (bass), Pete
Beeman (drums) - will be joined onstage by Urge Overkill guitarist, Nash
Kato. Showtime for all four Monday nights will be 9:00PM.
"Hang Love," Burning Brides' third album,
was produced by Coats and is a raging slab of towering riffs and melodies,
unrelentingly heavy rock that coexists with a keen sense of pop melody.
Burning Brides released its first album in 2001, "Fall of the Plastic Empire,"
made for $5000 in a motorcycle garage in Philadelphia, and earned its fair
of share of comparisons to Nirvana's "Bleach." [see full story for more]-
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| Peel
Tour |
PR reports: Peel will set out in June on its
first U.S. tour in support of its self-titled debut album. Drummer Alex
Brown from the band Prom Night will be joining the band on drums for the
tour. The record has had the press raving, and has been gaining the band
comparisons to everyone from Pavement to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. While flattering,
these comparisons have left the members of Peel scratching their heads.
With classically trained pianist Allison
Moore managing multiple keyboards, country music fan Dakota Smith giving
Peel its twang, and lefty-ruling-right-handed-guitarist Josh Permenter
in the mix, the members of the group like to think they've set themselves
apart.
Peel will make its way down south and back
up the east coast, and will play three New York dates before returning
back home to perform with The Liars and fellow Austin band The White Ghost
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| LadybiRdS
Enlists Gyn Class Heroes, The Get Up Kids and Say Anything Members |
PR reports: What do Gym Class Heroes' Tyler
Pursel, Say Anything's Max Bemis, and The Get Up Kids' Matt Pryor have
in common? Well, apart from playing in a handful of this nation's finest
pop bands, those performers, along with Justin Johnson from Philly area
band The Danger O's and Neil Sabatino from Jersey-based band Fairmont,
all play on LadybiRdS' debut LP, Regional Community Theater.
The project --to put out a record of glitched
up dance pop guested on by his friends-- was the brainchild of Pursel's.
Everyone was excited to be involved, the songs were laid out, but then
something happened; the record, initially conceived as more of mix-and-match
project, found a frontwoman in New Jersey-bred fireball Teeter Sperber,
former lead singer of the little known yet sort of well-liked Ley Royal
Scam.
LadybiRdS' Regional Community Theater out
September 4th, 2007 on Creep Records. Grab an mp3 at the full story link.
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| Los
Lonely Boys Cover Lennon for Darfur |
PR reports: "Texican" sibling trio Los Lonely
Boys will contribute a cover of John Lennon's Number One single "Whatever
Gets You Thru The Night" to the forthcoming CD Instant Karma: The Campaign
to Save Darfur.
The track is currently available for purchase
on iTunes and will be included on Instant Karma, which will be released
on June 12th by Warner Bros. Records. Proceeds from the double CD � which
features more than 20 iconic Lennon songs recorded by such best-selling
artists as Green Day, R.E.M., U2 and Christina Aguilera � help support
Amnesty International's campaign to focus attention and mobilize on the
urgent catastrophe in Darfur, Sudan, and other human rights crises. [see
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| deSoL
Set Release |
PR reports: deSoL, the Asbury Park, NJ-based
band that mixes rock hooks with Latin rhythms is set to release On My Way,
an album of all new material sung in English and Spanish is set to hit
retail on August 7th through saZon Records/Two22 Music with distribution
through ADA. The album's first single "Sing It All Night" is scheduled
to be serviced to Triple A radio next month.
Over the course of their six years together,
deSoL has scored notable successes both on stage and on radio. Having toured
extensively, deSoL has shared marquees with artists such as R.E.M., The
Legendary Wailers, Los Lonely Boys, Blues Traveler, Particle and Widespread
Panic, to name just a few. The band has become linked with the high profile
festivals they've graced the stages of like Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and
Austin City Limits, and more. see full story for tracklist and some upcoming
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